There's is a new self-awareness in many young people
They saying, "I am in control of who I am."
Dope is a deceiver, a sweet eye from the Devil
That takes you for a ride then drops you bram!
But my body is a temple, my body is a shrine
I can't let passers-by pollute my stream
No, no, no, me ent able with no substance to blow my mind
Drugs can't interrupt my life, my dream.

Because I take full responsibility for all that goes down inside of me
And dope is death in disguise so now I've opened my eyes
With my health, my greatest wealth, no compromise.

And it's so cool to be drug free, so cool to be healthy
I say, Bom bo-bo dom, watch me! Bom bo-bo dom, ire.
Confident, self-assured, rebellious if need be
But I'm free so the future belongs to me, oh!

Illegal drugs and its pushers have a single motto
That is to hang you like a puppet from their line
And so they push you and they push you and they step on your ego
Just to separate your body from your mind
Legal drugs like tobacco are standing at the gate
Inviting you, "Ey, there must be something more.You young, you hip and you macho, it's time to graduate."
But you've got to win this tug of war.

You just say:
"I take full responsibility for all that goes down inside of me.And I'm not walking the line 'cause my life must not lose its shine And no artificial boosters to blow my mind."

And it's so cool to be drug free, so cool to be healthy
I say, Bom bo-bo dom, watch me! Bom bo-bo dom, ire.
Confident, self-assured, rebellious if need be
But I'm free and so the future belongs to me.

Drugs is the poison but the label misplaced A certified killer with a smile 'pon it face Feed yuh good feeling and kill your confidence Take away your dollars and take away your cents.

More and more young people are saying, "No way, sah! We will not be used as pushers' pawns!No damn drug baron going to build no empire On my senses which I need to carry on."
Economics will tell you once there is no demand
The glut will surely kill the vicious trade
Let them know they can't sell you, leave it on their hands
The quality of life they can't degrade.

You say:
"I take full responsibility for all that goes down inside of me."
And society bears the strain, economy feels the drain
Today's youths don't want no mush, you want your brain.

And it's so cool to be drug free, so cool to be healthy
I say, Bom bo-bo dom, watch me! Bom bo-bo dom, ire.
Confident, self-assured, rebellious if need be
And I'm free and so the future belongs to me, oh-oh!

You can't hesitate, you must get a tastePutting the thing through the holes in your faceYouth nowadays, them ah draw the lineSelf preservation, each and every time.

This is your turning period if you're on a substance
Because you possess the will to say, "No more!"
Thousands of trained people will grab you at the first chance
To make your life as useful as before
Parents pop tranquilizers, prescriptions they abuse
All these double standards have to go
Positive influences, you have to produce
There must be no dark cloud in this rainbow.

Children say:
"I take full responsibility for all that goes down inside of me."
Dope is death, dope is strife, it cuts you up like a knife
Children push and fight, there must be a better life.

So cool to be drug free, so cool to be healthy
I say, Bom bo-bo dom, watch me! Bom bo-bo dom, ire.
Confident, self-assured, rebellious if need be
But I'm free and so the future belongs to me
It's so cool to be drug free, so cool to be healthy
Bom bo-bo dom, watch me! Bom bo-bo dom, ire.
Confident, self-assured, rebellious if need be...

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!..............................................................................................................................

A Note From The Gull

Thank you, David Rudder.

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Lord, Please walk beside me through this day. Clear the heavy air with the lightness of Your Presence. Guide my hands and steady my heart that I may give comfort when I cannot give hope, that I may give relief when I do not have a cure, and that I may radiate Your healing peace when the limits of science, time, and the human body overwhelm us all.Amen